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Word: twine (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
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...packed into the wilds of Lower Lipstick Lake, 250 miles north of San Francisco and less than four miles from the ranch house of Boyd's friend J. D. Proctor. With them they carried salt, an ax, five knives, 50 ft. of nylon rope, toothbrushes, a ball of twine and-for emergencies-a sealed rifle, a flashlight and a first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Last Man on Earth | 8/1/1960 | See Source »

Trademark. In San Francisco, Process Server Guy E. Yancey, 19, quit his job after delivering his first summons because the recipient mistook him for a burglar, threw him to the floor, tied him up with twine, kept him bound until cops arrived...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 11, 1960 | 4/11/1960 | See Source »

...another day before a search party found the bodies, lying side by side in a cave in the canyon. Twine had been tied on the wrists of two of the women. The binoculars were broken, the camera dented. A four-inch snowfall had obliterated any trace of tracks. Nearby was a bloodied, yardlong log, about four inches thick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Murder in Starved Rock | 3/28/1960 | See Source »

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